Radeon HD 6950M vs Radeon Pro WX 5100

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon HD 6950M and Radeon Pro WX 5100. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between Radeon HD 6950M and Radeon Pro WX 5100. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Radeon HD 6950M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 6950M is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Radeon HD 6950M here:

Main Specs

  Radeon HD 6950M Radeon Pro WX 5100
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt
Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Radeon HD 6950M is connected by MXM-B (3.0), and Radeon Pro WX 5100 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon Pro WX 5100 has 6 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Radeon HD 6950M is used in Laptops, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - in Desktops.
  • Radeon HD 6950M is build with Terascale 2 architecture, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - with GCN 4.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 5100 is 133 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.
  • Radeon HD 6950M is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon Pro WX 5100 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon Pro WX 5100 is 4100 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 35−40
ultra / 1080p 5−6 21−24
QHD / 1440p 0−1 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 20−22 60−65
medium / 1080p 10−12 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon Pro WX 5100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 272% more, than Radeon HD 6950M.

Full Specs

  Radeon HD 6950M Radeon Pro WX 5100
Architecture Terascale 2 GCN 4.0
Code name Blackcomb Pro Ellesmere
Type Laptop Workstation
Release date 6 January 2011 18 November 2016
Pipelines 960 1792
Core clock speed 580 MHz 713 MHz
Boost Clock 1086 MHz
Transistor count 1,700 million 5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 27.84 121.6
Floating-point performance 1,113.6 gflops 3,892 gflops
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 160.0 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A 1.2.131
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 250 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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